Improvement in seeding-machines



G. W. F0 SSLER.

Corn-Planter.

Patented Feb. 12, 1861. 3 31,426

MPETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPNER, WASHlNGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENT Barton.

0. w. FossLER, 0F FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J. BALSBAUGH,.IOF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 3|,426, dated February 12, 1861.

To all whomv it may concern Be it known that I, O. W. FossLER, of Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Seeding-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan or top view of my invention; Fig. 2, aside sectional view of same, taken in thelinew 00,Fig. 1; Fig. 3, adetached view of the covering-shares of same.

Similar letters of; reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a rectangular frame, the back part of which is supported by wheels or rollers B, placed on a common shaft, 0, at a suitable distance apart. (See Fig. 1.)

In the frame A, and directly in front of the shaft 0, there is a shaft, D, which is parallel with 0, and has upon it'two pulleys, a b, the pulley a being larger in diameter than I).

On each end of the shaft I) there is a crankpulley, E. These pulleys are perforated with holes 0 near their peripheries, said holes bein g at equal distances apart, as shown in Fig. 2. Each crank-pulley E has a connecting-rod, F, attached to it, said rod being attached to the pulleys by having the back ends of the former of book form and fitted in either of the holes 0. The front ends of the rods F are attached to the ends of a bar, G, which is placed transversely on the frame A, and is allowed to slide freely back and forth thereon.

To the bar G a series of slides, H, are attached at right angles. These slides are all parallel with each other, and they are fitted and work in hoppers or seed-boxes I and form the bottoms thereof. The slides H work or rest on traverse-bars d d on the frame A, the bar (1 being directly under the hopper I. Each slide H has a plate or block, 0, fitted in it, and each plate or block has a hole, f,in it, as shown in Fig. 2. The plate or blocks 0 are removable, and different ones may be adjusted in the slides providedwith diHerent-sized holesf.

J is a slide, the ends of which are fitted on guides -g at the sides of the frame A. The slide J is underneath the slides H, and 'it has a handle, K, attached, by which it may be adjusted up close to the traverse-bar d, or withdrawn from it, as may be desired, and for reasons hereinafter explained.

On the front part of the frame A there is attached an upright, L, on the upper end of which a lever, M, is attached by a fulcrum-pin, h. The front end of lever M is attached to the upper end of a rod, N, which passes loosely through the front part of the frame A, and has a caster-wheel, 0, secured to its lower end. The lever M extends back over a seat, P, which is placed transversely on the frame A, and directly above the wheels or rollers B. To this seat Pan upright, Q, is attached, havingholes in it to receive a pin, a", which serves as a rest for the back end of lever M, in order to elevate the front part of the frame to the desired height.

To the under side of the traverse-bar d of the frameA there are attached covering-shares I)". These shares have an oblique position in pairs, so as to throw the earth on the seed and fill the drills.

To the front part of the frame A there is attached a series of furrow-shares, c.

The operation is as follows: As the machine is drawn along the sharesc" make the furrows, and the seed is dropped from the hoppers I by the slides H, the holes ffilling with seed as they pass within the hoppers I, the seed dropping from the holes f as the latter are withdrawn from the hoppers. The pulley E and rods F give a reciprocating motion to the slides H. The shares I)", as before stated, cover the seed, and the rollers B press the earth on the same. The distribution of seed may be stopped at any time by shoving the slide J in contact with the traverse-piece d, and by adjusting lever M the furrows may be made of a greater or less depth, or raised entirely above the ground when the machine is being drawn from place to place. When the seed is to be planted in hills a belt passes from shaft 0 around the larger pulley a on shaft D; but when the seed is planted in drills a belt is placed on the smaller pulley b on said shaft. The rods F may be adjusted in either of the holes 0 of the pulleys E, in order to make a proper commencement in dropping in beginning rows, and thereby keep the seed in check-rows when such are desired.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the seed-boxes I, slides H J, shaft D, rods F, bar G, rollers B, lever M, rod N, caster-wheel (),and shares 0* I), in the manner and for the purposes herein shown and described.

0. W. FOSSLER. Witnesses: I

W. S. GRAY,. A. W. BREWSTER. 

